Bluemantle Pursuivant

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Bluemantle Pursuivant
Badge of the Blue Mantle Pursuivant.svg
The heraldic badge of Blue Mantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
 
Heraldic tradition Gallo-British
Jurisdiction England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Governing body College of Arms

Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms in London. The office is reputed to have been created by King Henry V to serve the Order of the Garter, but there is no documentary evidence of this. There is, however, mention of an officer styled Blewmantle going to France in 1448. The first Bluemantle to be mentioned by name is found in a record from around 1484. The badge of office, probably derived from the original blue material of the Order of the Garter, is blazoned as A Blue Mantle lined Ermine cords and tassels Or .

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The current Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms is James Peill, FSA .


Holders of the office

ArmsNameDate of appointmentRef
Arms of John Ashwell or Haswell.svg John Ashwell or Haswell(Henry V)
Arms of John Ashwell.svg John Ashwell(Henry V)
Arms of Thomas More (herald).svg Thomas More(1419)
Thomas Collyer(Henry V)
Arms of William Hawkeslowe.svg William Hawkeslowe(Henry VI)
Arms of William Horsley.svg John Horsley(Henry VI)
Arms of Richard Stanton.svg Richard Stanton(Henry VI)
James Collyer or Collier(Henry VI)
Arms of John Ferrant.svg John Ferrant(Henry VI)
Arms of Roger Mallett.svg Roger Mallett(Henry VI)
Arms of Henry French or Franke.svg Henry French or Franke(Edward IV)
Arms of Richard Champneys.svg Richard Champneys(Edward IV)
Arms of Thomas Hollingworth.svg Thomas Hollingsworth(Edward IV)
Arms of Roger Bromley.svg Roger Bromley(Edward IV)
John Brice(Edward IV)
Arms of Henry French or Franke.svg Thomas French or Franke(Edward IV)
Rowland Playnford(Edward IV)
Arms of Laurence Alford.svg Laurence Alford(1484)
...Banalee1503–1507
Francis Dyes1508–1510
Ralph Lago1510–1522
Arms of Thomas Bysley.svg Thomas Bysley1522–1528
John Hutton1528–1528
Arms of Nicholas Narbon.svg John Narboone1528–1536
Arms of Richard Ratcliffe.svg Richard Ratcliffe1536–1543
Arms of William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms.svg William Harvey1543–1545
Arms of Edmund Atkinson.svg Edmund Atkynson1545–1550
Arms of Nicholas Narbon.svg Nicholas Narboone1550–1557
Arms of Thomas Hollingworth.svg John Hollingworth1557–1559
Arms of Richard Turpin.svg Richard Turpin1559–1565
Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg Nicholas Dethick1565–1583
Arms of Humphrey Hales.svg Humphry Hales1583–1587
Arms of Francis Jones.svg James Thomas1587–1589
Arms of Robert Treswell.svg Robert Treswell1589–1597
Arms of Mercury Patten.svg Mercury Patten1597–1611
Arms of Sir Henry St George.svg Henry St George 1611–1616
Arms of Sampson Lennard.svg Sampson Lennard 1616–1633
Arms of William Ryley.svg William Ryley 1633–1641
Arms of Robert Browne.svg Robert Browne1641–1646
Arms of John Watson.svg John Watson 1646–1660
Arms of Robert Chaloner.svg Robert Chaloner1660–1665
Arms of Richard Hornebrooke.svg Richard Hornebrooke1665–1667
Arms of William Segar.svg Thomas Segar1669–1670
Arms of John Gibbon.svg John Gibbon 1670–1719
James Greene1719–1737
Arms of Thomas Browne.svg Thomas Browne 1737–1743
John Pine 1743–1747
Arms of Ralph Bigland.svg Ralph Bigland 1747–1752
John Ward1752–1761
Arms of Sir Isaac Heard.svg Isaac Heard 1761–1762
Arms of Henry Pujolas.svg Henry Pujolas1762–1763
Arms of Peter Dore.svg Peter Dore1763–1764
Arms of Thomas Browne.svg George Browne1764–1767
Arms of George Harrison (b. 1740).svg George Harrison1767–1774
Arms of Sir Charles Townley.svg Sir Charles Townley 1774–1781
Arms of Sir Edmund Lodge.svg Edmund Lodge, Esq., FSA 1781–1793
Arms of Sir George Nayler.svg George Nayler 1793–1794
John Havers1794–1797 [1]
Arms of Francis Martin.svg Francis Martin, Jr.1797–1819
Arms of Sir Albert Woods.svg William Woods1819–1831 [2]
Arms of George Harrison Rogers-Harrison.svg George Harrison Rogers-Harrison1831–1849 [3]
Arms of Henry Murray Lane.svg Henry Murray Lane 1849–1864 [4]
Arms of Henry Harrington Molyneux-Seel.svg Henry Harrington Molyneux-Seel1864–1873 [5]
Arms of Edward Bellasis.svg Edward Bellasis, Esq.1873–1882 [6]
Arms of Charles Athill.svg Charles Harold Athill, Esq., MVO, FSA 1882–1889 [7]
Arms of Gordon Lee.svg Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee, Esq., CB, CVO 1889–1905 [8]
Arms of Sir Gerald Wollaston.svg Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston, KCB, KCVO 1906–1919 [9]
Arms of Philip Plantagenet Cary.svg Hon. Philip Plantagenet Cary, FSA1919–1923 [10]
Edmund Clarence Richard Armstrong, Esq., FSA1923–1923 [11]
Arms of Aubrey Toppin.svg Aubrey John Toppin, Esq., CVO, FSA1923–1932 [12]
Arms of Richard Graham-Vivian.svg Richard Preston Graham-Vivian, Esq., MVO, MC 1933–1947 [13]
Arms of James Arnold Frere.svg James Arnold Frere, Esq., FSA1948–1956 [14]
Arms of John Brooke-Little.svg John Philip Brook Brooke-Little, Esq., CVO, FSA1956–1967 [15]
Arms of Francis Sedley Andrus.svg Francis Sedley Andrus, Esq., LVO 1970–1972 [16]
Arms of Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones.svg Sir Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones, KCVO, FSA1973–1983 [17]
Arms of Terence David McCarthy.svg Terence David McCarthy, Esq.1983–1991 [18]
Arms of Noel, Earl of Gainsborough.svg Robert John Baptist Noel, Esq.1992–1999 [19]
Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue, Esq.2005–2012 [20]
Mark John Rosborough Scott, Esq.2019–2024 [21]
James van Someren Peill, Esq., FSA2024–present [22]

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Citations

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  2. ↑ "No. 17468". The London Gazette. 13 April 1819. p. 658.
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  12. ↑ "No. 32849". The London Gazette. 31 July 1923. p. 5239.
  13. ↑ "No. 33925". The London Gazette. 28 March 1933. p. 2115.
  14. ↑ "No. 38221". The London Gazette. 27 February 1948. p. 1492.
  15. ↑ "No. 40932". The London Gazette. 23 November 1956. p. 6634.
  16. ↑ "No. 45066". The London Gazette. 24 March 1970. p. 3415.
  17. ↑ "No. 45947". The London Gazette. 6 April 1973. p. 4481.
  18. ↑ "No. 49291". The London Gazette. 17 March 1983. p. 3737.
  19. ↑ "No. 53094". The London Gazette. 2 November 1992. p. 18353.
  20. ↑ "No. 57539". The London Gazette. 21 January 2005. p. 703.
  21. ↑ "No. 62688". The London Gazette. 20 June 2019. p. 10952.
  22. ↑ "Bluemantle Pursuivant - College of Arms".

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